Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
Lower back pain (LBP) is a common problem in general population. It is the pain in your lower back which may come from the spine, muscle, nerves or other nearby structure. Nurses is one of the populations who always getting lower back pain because of their job requirement on lifting and handling pat...
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| description | Lower back pain (LBP) is a common problem in general population. It is the pain in your lower back which may come from the spine, muscle, nerves or other nearby structure. Nurses is one of the populations who always getting lower back pain because of their job requirement on lifting and handling patients. So, the knowledge and attitude among nursing students is important because they are the future nurses and may experience the same. Hence, a cross-sectional study was carried out to study the knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia. A total 156 respondents, male 16 (10.3%) and female 140 (89.7%), aged between 19 to 33 years old who had fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria had completed the questionnaires. Data collected was statistically analyzed using SPSS software version 26.0. Pearson’s Chi Square and Independent T-Test were used for data analysis. As for the knowledge and attitude score, the results showed only 12 (7.7%) has high knowledge on LBP and most of the respondents got unhelpful belief towards LBP for attitude. The result shows that there is no statistically significant association between LBP and the level of knowledge (p= 0.141) and there is no significant difference between LBP and attitude among nursing students in USM (p= 0.101). There was significant different between LBP and age among nursing students in USM (p= 0.001) and there was a statistically significant between LBP and year of study where the resulted was ( |
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| spelling | usm-613952025-01-07T03:27:08Z http://eprints.usm.my/61395/ Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan Osman, Nur Asmida R Medicine RT Nursing Lower back pain (LBP) is a common problem in general population. It is the pain in your lower back which may come from the spine, muscle, nerves or other nearby structure. Nurses is one of the populations who always getting lower back pain because of their job requirement on lifting and handling patients. So, the knowledge and attitude among nursing students is important because they are the future nurses and may experience the same. Hence, a cross-sectional study was carried out to study the knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia. A total 156 respondents, male 16 (10.3%) and female 140 (89.7%), aged between 19 to 33 years old who had fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria had completed the questionnaires. Data collected was statistically analyzed using SPSS software version 26.0. Pearson’s Chi Square and Independent T-Test were used for data analysis. As for the knowledge and attitude score, the results showed only 12 (7.7%) has high knowledge on LBP and most of the respondents got unhelpful belief towards LBP for attitude. The result shows that there is no statistically significant association between LBP and the level of knowledge (p= 0.141) and there is no significant difference between LBP and attitude among nursing students in USM (p= 0.101). There was significant different between LBP and age among nursing students in USM (p= 0.001) and there was a statistically significant between LBP and year of study where the resulted was ( Universiti Sains Malaysia 2023-06 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/61395/1/13_NUR%20ASMIDA%20BINTI%20OSMAN_148442-E.pdf Osman, Nur Asmida (2023) Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine RT Nursing Osman, Nur Asmida Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title | Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title_full | Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title_short | Knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan |
| title_sort | knowledge and attitude of lower back pain among nursing students in universiti sains malaysia, kelantan |
| topic | R Medicine RT Nursing |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/61395/ http://eprints.usm.my/61395/1/13_NUR%20ASMIDA%20BINTI%20OSMAN_148442-E.pdf |